Where the law stands, Dossier 2022/0131(COD)
A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast)
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 April 2024 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 22 June 2022
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 23 March 2023
- Tabled for plenary(done) 13 April 2023
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 13 March 2024
- Published as law(done) 30 April 2024
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Javier Moreno Sánchez (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Tom Vandendriessche (ID), Lena Düpont (EPP), Patryk Jaki (ECR), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Tineke Strik (Greens), Konstantinos Arvanitis (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 13 Mar 2024
Tabled for plenary· 13 Apr 2023
Committee draft· 21 Nov 2022
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (EMPL), Opinion (EMPL)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
30 April 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
24 April 2024
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps
13 March 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 13 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0146/2024Report A9-0140/2023
12 March 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 12 Mar 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0163/2022Report A9-0140/2023
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
23 January 2024
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
19 April 2023
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step
13 April 2023
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps
23 March 2023
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
21 March 2023
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
24 January 2023
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
21 November 2022
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
18 October 2022
Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
22 June 2022
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2022/0131(COD)